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is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a limit there, the dunbar community itself is changing demographically dunbar. the dunbar community is changing. it is not the same neighborhood that was there when i attended. it was not the same neighborhood that was there ten years ago and that's sort of the story of the city. >> reporter: in other words, the hope is that dunbar may become another kind of magnet school, in a resurgent neighborhood, once again. if the new environment does attract students, there's plenty of room for growth: the new school was built to house 1,100 students, almost double the enrollment today. >> woo
is everything for children, i think environment is everything for people. so this particular building being new, being a green technology building, represents a glimmer of hope for children so when they come into this building they have a sense of pride, they have a sense of respect but more importantly they are in a great learning environment. >> reporter: colbert king offered some cautious optimism. >> certainly the building is good but buildings don't teach kids, so there is a...
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and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact many hypotheses, many mechanisms that people think might help connect changes in the environment, changes in the temperature or extreme rainfall. the conflict outcomes that we observe. sometimes we think direct exposure to heat sometimes does change human psychology. we observed in the laboratory if you put people in a room and raise the temperature they actually change how they behave towards others. as you suggest there's economic mechanisms as well that are incredibly important. so you can have crop failures and extremely high temperatures and that leads to all sorts of changes, changes people's insentive
and we try to understand how a change in the environment can lead to human response on the ground. >> suarez: so see if i understand this correctly. you're measuring a lot of different kinds of human response but is it just the temperature that could be forcing these changes? i mean the temperature may have an effect on how much drinkable water there is around, temperature may have an effect on how much food there is to eat in a given community. >> absolutely. so there are in fact...
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football, for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far in professional sports fit that bill. john amici played a power forward position. i would think that is macho. he's a strong guy. before him dave coupe was a killer on the field, a macho guy. i think part of this conversation is reframing the way we think about it in its entirety, looking at it through a different para dime. that's the reason i gave a pushback there. >> brown: i take the push. well taken. what is the situation in other sports? similar to what you see in basketball? >> well, you know, i do know that all these leagues have worked with or have worked with some organization
football, for example, famously macho environment, right? >> well, you know, i'm openly gay man. i like to think of myself as fairly macho. [ laughter ] so i don't think one's sexual orientation -- >> brown: i certainly didn't mean that i meant the reputation. >> no, no, no. i know, people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports of being a macho environment but the truth of the matter is whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have...
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it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future. >> brown: let's take one american example, the one i citeed i citeed in the introduction, the arch in st. louis. i think a lot of people are going to be surprised, as i was, that it would be on the list. it's corrosion? >> it is corrosion. and i guess that the over-arching theme is vigilance, and knows what's happening in your community of the things you treasure and in this case it's the national park service facing a conundrum. many of these great modern monuments were built in experimental ways, and we don't have standard procedures for how to address problems of this kind. >> brown: tha
it's a very dynamic environment. there are many, many people interested in investing there. businesses can't fiend places to have their offices, and at the same time, the government with all that it has to do to struggle to get on its feet, has not really confronted the question of what will happen to this beautiful colonial city, and in fact they've moved the government agencies out of the city to a new capital, leaving a lot of very important monumental buildings to an uncertain future....
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we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a ship miles off course, without touching its steering wheel? fool its g.p.s. system. we examine new research that shows the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corp
we think that you can develop family wage jobs and be good stewards and protect the environment. >> we have our fish, we have our salmon, we have our clean air. we'll lose that. that's losing to me. >> brown: a new survey finds that americans of different races have very different levels of optimism about their economic future. ray suarez digs into the surprising results. >> woodruff: david brooks and ruth marcus analyze the week's news. >> brown: and how do you send a...
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of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of washington school of fisheries science. >> the crab died within the first 200 days so if they survived the 200 days they would not make it. >> that was just the beginning. when mathis, who makes his living sampling sea chemistry analyzed conditions off of alaska he found it changing far faster than expected. >> what is alarming about the study is that we thought we were exposing these crabs to future scenarios which may have been 50 or a hundred years from now. when in fact, our recent work in the bearing sea has shown those conditions exist today so this is a real thing that is happening right now today, not some f
of the result raised concern about the future for red king crab and snow crab which live in similar environments and may respond in similar ways. unfortunately what that found is a significant increase in mortality rates, our loss in growth rate, our loss in calcify indication, how quickly the crabs needed to build their shell. the crab did not do as well under these ocean acidification settings. >> the findings were a troubling surprise said expert andre punt, from the university of...
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the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more cautious, they're not going to commit these sorts of deceptions for four or five years but we still have basic structural problems. we still have not implemented affected financial reform and i can see us repeating this scenario five, six years down the road. >> ifill: i do have to ask you this question, bert ely. if you are jamie dimon with bank of america, do you feel like this is a sign that business has to be done differently or financial reform is going to be imposed on you? >> well, first of all, an awful lot of financial reform has been imposed in th
the regulatory environment was very different then. and at least for the foreseeable future i don't see that problem emerging. maybe ten, 15 years down the road it could again. but in the current environment, this kind of problem is simply not going to emerge. >> ifill: lynn stout, you were going to say something to that. >> yeah, i wish i were as optimistic as bert is. but the fact, is they've got real short memories on wall street. i think banks are going to behave better, be more...
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and so you have a very male environment selling vehicles to a very female audience. >> woodruff: nicky the other story we're following today is the report yesterday that the government sold its last shares in gm. this is four years after the federal government and a very controversial move bailed out this big automobile company. now that this has happened, where does it leave gm. are the lessons from this experience clear yet? >> well general motors now is an independent company again without government ownership. the u.s. taxpayer lost about 10 billion dollars on the deal and it was always understood from the beginning that there would be some moan that was never paid back by gm. where at least general motors is an extremely competitive automobile market. you know back ten years ago, 15 years ago general motors had about 30% of the car market. they now have about 18%. ford is very close behind them, toyota is close to them. so we have a market where the big shares that are decided up are much more equal than they were back in the days of gm and the car market. so gm has to compete for
and so you have a very male environment selling vehicles to a very female audience. >> woodruff: nicky the other story we're following today is the report yesterday that the government sold its last shares in gm. this is four years after the federal government and a very controversial move bailed out this big automobile company. now that this has happened, where does it leave gm. are the lessons from this experience clear yet? >> well general motors now is an independent company...
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people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports being a macho environment. whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far fit that bill. john amici played a big power forward position. i would think it's macho. he's a bring strong guy. a killer on the field was dave coupe, pretty macho guy. the conversation is reframing the way we look at it in its entirety. that's the reason i gave a push back. >> brown: i take the push. well taken. what is the situation in other sports? similar to what you see in basketball? >> well, you know, i do know that all these leagues have worked with or are still working with some national organization addressing homophobia in sports. the nba has been working with the gay and lesbian education network for years prior to jason collins coming out, prior to kobe bryant being fined last year for uttering a gay slur inadvertently on television. the nfl has been working with an organization to address homophobia in sports. the nhl a couple weeks ago announced working with an organization to
people usually prefix the conversation about professional sports being a macho environment. whatever we deem as stereotypically macho, the male athletes that have come out thursday far fit that bill. john amici played a big power forward position. i would think it's macho. he's a bring strong guy. a killer on the field was dave coupe, pretty macho guy. the conversation is reframing the way we look at it in its entirety. that's the reason i gave a push back. >> brown: i take the push. well...
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economy, theof the interior minister, and the environment minister all had to resign. the charge, that they along with their sons have been involved in high-level fraud involving illicit money tns
economy, theof the interior minister, and the environment minister all had to resign. the charge, that they along with their sons have been involved in high-level fraud involving illicit money tns
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. >> a company typically would perform assessments of their environment to determine whether they had vulnerables the attackers could take vac of in their web sites so they could test them to see if they have problems. they would evaluate their computers to see if they configured them appropriately. because there are known ways to take advantage of systems, so they would be self-inspecting those types of things. >> ifill: so the very first thing is there is self-inspection from the retailer or as i saw today the secret service gets involved in this? >> the secret service would be involved to help them investigate but wouldn't be there to help them defend themselves. pain, almost all major organizations have full-time security staffs where they are always looking at their environment and trying to make sure that they're up to date on their software that if they find a problem they fix it. but it's a tough thing. the larger the environment, the more difficult it is to find and resolve the issues. >> ifill: okay, steve suddeno from mandiant, thanks so much for helping us out. we have mor
. >> a company typically would perform assessments of their environment to determine whether they had vulnerables the attackers could take vac of in their web sites so they could test them to see if they have problems. they would evaluate their computers to see if they configured them appropriately. because there are known ways to take advantage of systems, so they would be self-inspecting those types of things. >> ifill: so the very first thing is there is self-inspection from the...
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she really did probably more than anyone else change the environment. i know tom de frank, your former colleague, wrote something over the weekend where he said when he got to the white house an older colleague took him aside and said, look, our job here, they tell us what happens. we write it down. and we put it in the newspaper. well, helen changed all that. >> warner: so do you think that the adversarial nature of the white house briefing room today does at least in a small part reflect her or is it much more the sort of politicization of cable television talk shows and that environment that seeped into what we see if we watch a white house briefing today? >> well i think it's a combination of things but i don't think it would have happened if it hadn't been for helen. >> warner: karen tumulty, "washington post," thank you. >> thank you, margaret. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day, a baby boy was born to the duke and duchess of cambridge today. he is third in line to the british throne. hundreds of prisoners escaped in iraq after
she really did probably more than anyone else change the environment. i know tom de frank, your former colleague, wrote something over the weekend where he said when he got to the white house an older colleague took him aside and said, look, our job here, they tell us what happens. we write it down. and we put it in the newspaper. well, helen changed all that. >> warner: so do you think that the adversarial nature of the white house briefing room today does at least in a small part...
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you tell me there is no impact on the environment? >> we -- we do extensive monitoring and the bottom line is that there is no known impacts to the marine environment. >> reporter: convincing local residents of that was vital because the region's economy depends on the water. dave mar rang is a local cook. >> over the site, 15 ages, around 30,000 fish in each one of those cablesges. they've good life. >> reporter: salmon farming, commercial fishing, shipping and tourism is the biggest employers in the area n a county with the state's highest unemployment rate of 9.3%, many were deeply concerned about anything that could harm business. >> well, it was kind of -- it was kind of funny. a friend of mine, he come and seen me and told me what they wanted to do and i -- you know, my first reaction, want to do what? >> reporter: but in the six years since the tidal project began, mar rang says it hasn't been disruptive. in says, it has been a boone to the local economy. >> they have come in and they have hired people. like, you gonna take fiv
you tell me there is no impact on the environment? >> we -- we do extensive monitoring and the bottom line is that there is no known impacts to the marine environment. >> reporter: convincing local residents of that was vital because the region's economy depends on the water. dave mar rang is a local cook. >> over the site, 15 ages, around 30,000 fish in each one of those cablesges. they've good life. >> reporter: salmon farming, commercial fishing, shipping and tourism...
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the environment has changed. if there's still time far two-state solution we're on the last leg. >> warner: why the last leg? >> israelis and arabs no longer believe in the two-state solution. >> warner: during our recent trip in january, we found many palestinians who've lost belief in the peace process. nasser hantuni owns birds of peace, a pet shop just inside the west bank. he works in site of the security wall israel erected during second palestinian intifada, or uprising, in the early 2000s. >> ( translated ): we feel very frustrated. for the past 20 to 22 years we've had hope in negotiations and yet there are no concrete results on the ground and still we haven't reached peace. all we sue is more settlements, the wall, checkpoints, closures and constraints over the palestinians. 90% of us have lost hope of reaching a peaceful solution with the israelis. >> warner: do you think that there's a possibility that if nothing happens on the peace front more violence will break out? >> it could be, yes. it is a va
the environment has changed. if there's still time far two-state solution we're on the last leg. >> warner: why the last leg? >> israelis and arabs no longer believe in the two-state solution. >> warner: during our recent trip in january, we found many palestinians who've lost belief in the peace process. nasser hantuni owns birds of peace, a pet shop just inside the west bank. he works in site of the security wall israel erected during second palestinian intifada, or...
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what's pretty wonderful is that you're really living in an environment that does have all the hallmarks of a national park, but anybody can come here, anybody can live here. and the trick is, how do we keep that quality and keep using it? >> reporter: that question has guided scientists like geoff schladow and hounded policymakers ever since the 1960s, when researchers at the university of california at davis first documented a decline in the lake's clarity. the university's brant allen takes measurements every ten days. >> when we try and translate lake clarity to the public, what they want to know is how deep into the lake can they see. and so i'll be lowering the secchi disc down into the lake until it disappears, getting our clarity reading for the day. >> reporter: allen lets a frisbee-looking device called a secchi disc sink until it disappears. >> eighteen meters, or right around 60 feet. and that's pretty typical for a summertime reading, since the secchi does vary seasonally. >> reporter: since 1968, the lake has lost 20 feet of clarity, mainly due to uncontrolled urbanization
what's pretty wonderful is that you're really living in an environment that does have all the hallmarks of a national park, but anybody can come here, anybody can live here. and the trick is, how do we keep that quality and keep using it? >> reporter: that question has guided scientists like geoff schladow and hounded policymakers ever since the 1960s, when researchers at the university of california at davis first documented a decline in the lake's clarity. the university's brant allen...
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the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent for "national journal." greg ip, u.s. economics editor for the economist and julie rovner, health policy correspondent for national public radio. you each cover different parts of this administration, different parts of the government, starting with you and with the selection today of sally jewell, carl, what are the big issues which await the new nominee or new secretary? >> so the secretary of interior is a really important position in terms of the administration's energy plan going forward. the interior department is in charge of the nation's public lands, and also offshore. so whatever happens going forward on energy development on public land, on oil and gas developments, on offshore oil development oconservation, and something that this administration has started was the first administration to do renewable energy development on public lands. the interior secretary is going to oversee all of that, and it's going to be a big piece of the vile agenda but also the eco
the president's second-term cabinet and the issues they will face from coral davenport, energy and environment correspondent for "national journal." greg ip, u.s. economics editor for the economist and julie rovner, health policy correspondent for national public radio. you each cover different parts of this administration, different parts of the government, starting with you and with the selection today of sally jewell, carl, what are the big issues which await the new nominee or new...
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report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: israel today played down a weekend of air strikes that hit syria. the syrians, in turn, threatened to strike back, but there were no signs of new hostilities in the offing. on syrian state television today, images of the smoldering remains of a military complex near damascus. it was hit early sunday by air strikes attributed to the israeli military, the second in three days. israel did not officially claim responsibility, but senior officials there said the targets were advanced iranian missiles being shift to hezbollah militants in lebanon. israeli leaders
report on poland's embrace of fracking, despite concerns from some residents about land rights and the environment. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by b.p. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and...
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and we like to say we provide a learning environment that is without the barrier of race or gender. and create an environment where the students will learn about themselves as individuals, not as categories in another context. but and will be able to experience themselves as empowered agents of change, ready for a future without limits. >> beverly daniel tatum, congratulations on your award. >> thank you so much, and i want to say how glad i am to be in such great company with richard broadhead of duke university, john hennessee of standford and michael-- of arizona state. congratulations to them as well. >> absolutely. thank you. >> woodruff: finally tonight, five leading artists were given their due for a lifetime of achievement last night at the annual kennedy center honors in washington. this year's group: jazz pianist herbie hancock, actress shirley maclaine, opera soprano martina arroyo, singer, songwriter billy joel and a rock star who came to this country as a teenager from mexico. jeffrey brown has our profile of carlos santana. >> brown: since his emergence in the san fran
and we like to say we provide a learning environment that is without the barrier of race or gender. and create an environment where the students will learn about themselves as individuals, not as categories in another context. but and will be able to experience themselves as empowered agents of change, ready for a future without limits. >> beverly daniel tatum, congratulations on your award. >> thank you so much, and i want to say how glad i am to be in such great company with...
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we've gotten into this environment here where we assume that everything needs 60 votes. it doesn't have to be that way. you heard from senator harkin there, he and a bunch of other senate lib rarblingts shelton white house, al franken, jay rockefeller, other, huddled in harry reid's office earlier today. i was standing outside that room when they came out. they were tight-lipped. they were grim. they went into a side meeting all their own to try and decide what to do. they weren't talking when they came out. what you are looking for there is will they block this thing. will they slow it down. they haven't indicated that they will do that. they can vote against it as long as reid and mcconel can muster 51 vote force this thing. it appears if there are no procedural delay tactics which we can't afford that right now, they will be able to do that. that is the senate side. on the house side the question remains, this is a deal on the tax side that has no spending cuts. they're all very aware of that. can john boehner muster the votes on the house side to get this passed. rep
we've gotten into this environment here where we assume that everything needs 60 votes. it doesn't have to be that way. you heard from senator harkin there, he and a bunch of other senate lib rarblingts shelton white house, al franken, jay rockefeller, other, huddled in harry reid's office earlier today. i was standing outside that room when they came out. they were tight-lipped. they were grim. they went into a side meeting all their own to try and decide what to do. they weren't talking when...
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. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking credible with respect to the threat of force. so the minute that we really were drebl, and it was clear we were going to strike syria, suddenly the diplomatic game changed and you got the chemical weapons agreement but since then with the turn around what we're seeing is a country that is saying, you know, we want to negotiate a deal but we're not actually willing to use force or economic coercion if we don't get it. and certainly for syria. and syria is so all of that many of us just want to, you know, not think about it because tens of thousands, over 150,000 people have died, the humanitarian conditions are all of, al
. >> you say that has an affect -- >> it improves the environment through which we carry out our foreign policy. >> well, let's just pick up. go ahead, anne marie, slaughter because what i would like to zero in on here, are there places brt administration needs to change, or approaches that can stay the same, can stay where they essentially are now? >> so i think you hear a lot of agreement among all of us on the fact that the administration is not at this point looking...
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it's already helping the environment. today, 40% of israel's electricity is fueled by gas. it's much cheaper and much cleaner than oil. >> we've saved the country 17 million metric tons of co2 emissions. that's the equivalent of taking all the cars in israel off the road for over a year. >> reporter: the biggest benefit, a huge boost to israel's economy. gas will add 1% to israel's gdp this year. that's triggered a debate here. what will israel do with its financial windfall. the key question? will energy independence make israel stronger and how? it's a red hot topic in the country that already spends 20% of its budget on defense, far more than other western nations. critics worry that protecting the new platforms, sitting ducks at sea, will mean even more money is diverted from domestic spending to defense. and they say that's a bad idea. there have been also been protests about the government's plan to export much of the gas. the government says this will generate billions in new revenues. but critics say the government acted without necessary parliamentary approval and
it's already helping the environment. today, 40% of israel's electricity is fueled by gas. it's much cheaper and much cleaner than oil. >> we've saved the country 17 million metric tons of co2 emissions. that's the equivalent of taking all the cars in israel off the road for over a year. >> reporter: the biggest benefit, a huge boost to israel's economy. gas will add 1% to israel's gdp this year. that's triggered a debate here. what will israel do with its financial windfall. the...
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park has ten species of monkeys, and so it's an opportunity to compare animals that are in the same environment. >> sreenivasan: he works on this platform in yasuni's canopy. >> one of the things that this area is known for is the species richness and the incredible bio- diversity that's here. so, depending on where you are, there's a different ecology, but this one has a particularly rich one. >> sreenivasan: but yasuni may soon look very different. it's believed that 846 million barrels of oil lie beneath the park, 20% of ecuador's reserves, worth $7.2 billion. to protect this square of wilderness, ecuador's government presented a bold plan in 2007. president rafael correa asked foreign governments, civil society groups and others to give ecuador $3.6 billion, about half the estimated value of the oil beneath yasuni over 12 years. in return, the president offered to save the park from exploration. the effort, however, fell short. despite agreeing with the goal many researchers and environmentalists concede that ecuador's government was ill equipped to save the park on its own. more than a qua
park has ten species of monkeys, and so it's an opportunity to compare animals that are in the same environment. >> sreenivasan: he works on this platform in yasuni's canopy. >> one of the things that this area is known for is the species richness and the incredible bio- diversity that's here. so, depending on where you are, there's a different ecology, but this one has a particularly rich one. >> sreenivasan: but yasuni may soon look very different. it's believed that 846...
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noonlyoes r departmt of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services we provide are paid for by the customers whose material we're taking away. >> reporter: are they paying more in rates because of all this recycling and composting than they would otherwise? >> i would bet they're paying a little more. but if you compare rates in the bay area-- san francisco versus other communities-- we're right in the middle of the pack. and we're doing a lot more recycling than any other communities. >> reporter: residents currently pay about $28 a month for their trash bins; recycling and composting bins are free. but last month, recology requested a rate increase, and for the first time, wants to charge for c
noonlyoes r departmt of the environment go out and do audits, we actually have auditors that go out there and make sure that we're all in compliance with the way we measure it, and using the state standards and the state process to do it. >> reporter: so there's no doubt in your mind that the 80% is real. >> oh, no doubt at all, no doubt at all in my mind. >> reporter: whatever the actual number is, recycling and composting don't come free. >> all of the services we...